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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Dawkins describe some female birds demanding from males?
(a) They demand males fight off other birds.
(b) They demand males feed them.
(c) They demand males walk or fly close behind them.
(d) They demand males fight off predators.
2. What happens in inversion?
(a) A nucleotide is inserted backwards in DNA.
(b) DNA is inserted backwards in a chromosome.
(c) Chromosomes are inserted backwards in a cell nucleus.
(d) A gene is inserted backwards on a strand of DNA.
3. What is a female bird doing, according to Dawkins, by forcing the male to make a nest before she breeds with him?
(a) Making the male prove the worthiness of his genes.
(b) Judging the male's capabilities of caring for the offspring in the future.
(c) Taking advantage of the male for her own wellbeing.
(d) Forcing the male to put off breeding with another and invest energy into the offspring.
4. What happens to cuckoo eggs that look dissimilar to the host eggs they replace?
(a) They are recognized but allowed to stay in the nest.
(b) They aren't recognized by the surrogate parent birds.
(c) They are thrown out of the nest and don't survive.
(d) They are raised by the cuckoos instead of surrogates.
5. According to the relatedness calculations in the book, how closely related is an individual to a cousin?
(a) One-quarter.
(b) One.
(c) One-eighth.
(d) One-sixth.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Dawkins demonstrate using the net benefit score?
2. In Dawkins' metaphor about DNA, what represents a gene?
3. What do the letters A, T, C, and G stand for?
4. What is a recessive gene?
5. What does Dawkins mean by a "selfish gene?"
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